A Stylistic Study of the Poem "Ya Set Al-Dunya Ya Beirut" by Nizar Qabbani

For the analysis of a literary text, there are several critical approaches, each of which approaches the text from a particular angle, and it is the text that invites the critic to choose the method of critique; Because each text, although it can be examined in different ways, but it is more consistent with the method than the others. Stylistics is an intra-textual method that focuses on the structure of the text, the text being both a tool and a goal. Numerous perspectives on stylistics eventually lead to the text, which consists of levels. The three levels of phonetics, composition and semantics are the most important, although other categories can be encountered. Stylistics as a branch of linguistics that considers language as a systematic set of signs and relations, defines the text as a systematic structure consisting of related components. The results of the stylistic study of Nizar's poetry indicate that the poet's choices are implied in three levels of the text and have an aesthetic burden. The stylistic features of the poem as well as the type of the poet's attitude can be seen in the choice of letters and the rhythm of the poem, the types of sentences and semantic domains, as well as in the use of the mythical symbol.